Pigeon English

A man seeds pigeons,

doesn't have to be a man,

eight bucks a month for coos

and guano,

crows come too

cawing for attention.

Not pretty, 

nobody watching

the scatter get pecked,

some fall by the wayside

and sprout.

The strange maize escapes the birds

and waves a foot higher

than the broken sidewalk.

My neighbor, never seen,

spreads the gospel of grace

to critters bobbing heads

and pedestrians carrying bread.